Foundation News

New Report – Boom and Bust 2016: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline
The Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and CoalSwarm recently released Boom and Bust 2016: Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline, the second of this series of annual reports. The report ...
Sierra Club Calls for Continued Protection of Yellowstone Grizzlies
In March, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a proposal to remove grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone region from the Endangered Species List. The proposal comes ...
Nearly Two Million Acres in New National Monuments in California Desert
On February 12, 2016, President Obama announced three new national monuments in the southern California desert for 1.8 million acres of protected public land. This historic moment ...
Obama Administration Suspends Coal Leasing on Public Lands
On January 15, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Obama Administration will be putting an immediate suspension on all new coal ...
Sierra Club Foundation Mourns the Death of Friend and Director Doug Walker
Statement from Sierra Club Foundation Executive Director Peter Martin:&nbsp
Keystone XL Victory
On November 6, 2015, President Obama rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, further cementing his climate legacy. The Obama administration’s decision to reject the ...
New Proposal for California Desert National Monuments
After years of dedicated work from activists on the ground, California Senator Dianne Feinstein is seeking the support of President Obama to preserve three extraordinary places ...